Arc 59The War Before Investiture

Li Qing spread his Dark Oceans and faith through the Hundred Great Worlds while manipulating rebellions and the Battle of Heavenly Fate to prepare for the Investiture of Gods. As the worlds neared collision, Ashes and the Nine Great Rulers moved against him, and Golden Light took control of Song Tianda to force the investiture to begin.

  • Li Qing connected Dark Oceans and reincarnation across the worlds, then defeated the alliance’s attempt to destroy the darkness by drawing forces from other worlds into the World of Myriad Poisons.
  • Li Qing’s followers disrupted the planned attacks through rebellions, while Bone Bodhisattva captured North Dragon City and Wang Riyue incited uprisings in a Buddhist Sect world.
  • Li Qing directed the Battle of Heavenly Fate through controlled strategists, as Song Tianda defeated Yu Qiankun and Tan Yuzhu conquered the south before facing Song Tianda in the final battle.
  • The Radiant Emperor, Underworld Devil Lord, and Immortal Golden Light suspected Li Qing had manipulated the war, so Golden Light secretly planted a control rune in Song Tianda, whose body contained Li Qing’s Divine Body.
  • Li Qing arranged for the Bright Heavenly Emperor to ambush the Radiant Emperor’s avatar, while Song Tianda killed Tan Yuzhu and claimed the Spiritual Essence World’s gathered destiny.
  • Li Qing prepared to hold the Investiture of Gods as the Hundred Great Worlds began converging, but Ashes sent a mark toward the Nine Provinces Four Regions and the Nine Great Rulers searched for his true body.
  • The Radiant Emperor ordered Golden Light to control Song Tianda and begin the Investiture of Gods, while Li Qing ordered his followers to erase their memories as the Nine Great Rulers scanned the city for him.
Chapters 1451–1475 Vol. 15 Read

Ch. 1451Direct Control, Rapid Evangelism

Sun Qiankun used a token marked by the Lord of Civilization to brainwash Batu and the temple’s core bloodline cultivators, while Dao Soldiers began spreading the new faith through the city’s slums. A white-robed missionary persuaded a poor family to abandon the Sky Eagle Divine King and pledge loyalty to the Lord of Civilization, whose statue began to glow as it received their faith.

  • Sun Qiankun infused the token with power and used the Faith spell to brainwash Batu, a bronze-colored eagle-headed cultivator.
  • Batu gathered the temple’s core personnel, and Sun Qiankun brainwashed them before Batu confined the bloodline cultivators inside the temple.
  • Sun Qiankun’s Dao Soldiers entered the city’s slums and approached impoverished households.
  • A white-robed missionary entered a poor family’s home and promised that the Lord of Civilization could heal the sick woman and provide help.
  • The family’s father rejected the Sky Eagle Divine King and pledged loyalty to the Lord of Civilization, and the divine statue accepted their faith.

Ch. 1452Smooth Expansion, Heavenly Eagle Arrives

Sun Qiankun spread faith in the Lord of Civilization across the northern city and built a growing army of Dao Soldiers as Civilization Logic and the Dark Ocean expanded. Sky Eagle Divine King sensed the gathering darkness, flew north, and began attacking it, but his first strikes barely affected it.

  • A woman recovered from her illness after her family prayed to the Lord of Civilization, and the white-robed preacher gave her husband the Martial Canon and urged him to spread the faith.
  • The faith spread rapidly among commoners, while Sun Qiankun led preaching Dao Soldiers into nearby settlements and recruited believers.
  • Sun Qiankun reported that nearly five million people had joined the faith and that the Essence Refining Dao Soldiers numbered one hundred thousand, though a searching army was closing in.
  • Sky Eagle Divine King sensed dark obsessions converging in the north and saw a vast, expanding darkness threaded with networks across the world.
  • Sky Eagle Divine King flew north and attacked the Dark Ocean with golden sword lights, but the darkness barely stirred; he then gathered the logic of Gold of All Things in his wings.

Ch. 1453Unshakeable, Blooming on All Sides

Li Qing’s faith incarnation failed to permanently metallize the Dark Ocean in the Sky Eagle World but began deciphering the Sky Eagle Divine King’s logic. Meanwhile, his agents spread the Lord of Civilization’s faith and built forces across other worlds as the invasion of a hundred worlds advanced.

  • The Sky Eagle Divine King unleashed a golden cross that briefly metallized half the Dark Ocean, but the darkness returned and Li Qing’s faith incarnation continued analyzing his attacks.
  • Li Qing’s faith incarnation declared that it would decipher the Sky Eagle Divine King’s logic before the worlds fully collided and he died.
  • Zhuge Shenji expanded the Lord of Civilization’s faith across a remote world, assembled Dao Soldiers, and planned a domain to counter its Buddhist, Dao, and Demon Longevity Realm cultivators.
  • Corpse Treasury Bodhisattva quietly took control of villages and towns across the north of a chaotic, weak world while posing as a northern warlord.
  • After a month of invasion, Li Qing had gained influence over more than a hundred worlds, including some containing three immortals, and left the worlds dominated by Dark Oceans untouched for now.

Ch. 1454The Grand Array Resonated, Collisions Under Control

Li Qing activated the Dark Lifeless Grand Array across the Dark Oceans, causing more than two-thirds of the Hundred Great Worlds to resonate and drawing Heavenly Dao Reincarnation into the spreading crisis. He planned to control the worlds’ collisions, stabilize them, and use their power to reinforce the Nine Provinces Four Regions battlefield, where he expected his Dao tribulation’s fiercest fight.

  • Li Qing established Dark Oceans across roughly two-thirds of the Hundred Great Worlds and spread his faith through nearly every world with life.
  • Li Qing’s Faith Incarnation used Civilization Logic to build the Dark Lifeless Grand Array beneath the World of Myriad Poisons.
  • The array’s pull spread through the World of Myriad Poisons, other anomaly worlds, and more than two-thirds of the Hundred Great Worlds, alarming powerful figures and halting some wars.
  • Heavenly Dao Reincarnation followed the world array’s mist into the battlefield and began swallowing nearby worlds.
  • Li Qing connected his main bodies, Faith Incarnations, and converted followers as the battlefield spread through the void.
  • Li Qing planned to guide the worlds’ collisions, extend Reincarnation into the Dark Oceans, and later stabilize the worlds before reinforcing the Nine Provinces Four Regions battlefield.

Ch. 1455Mutual Footholds, the Immortals' Plot

Li Qing expanded reincarnation through Blackwater, giving it a foothold in two-thirds of the Hundred Great Worlds and frustrating Myriad Poisons. Alarmed by the spreading darkness and approaching Mist, the three immortals formed a plan to contact powerful beings, while Immortal Cold Soul approached Myriad Poisons.

  • Li Qing prepared for his coming tribulation, planning to use the Heart-Destroying Sword, the Dark Oceans, and a moment of surprise against his enemies.
  • Li Qing spread reincarnation's power through Civilization Logic, and Blackwater joined it, allowing it to establish a foothold in two-thirds of the Hundred Great Worlds.
  • Myriad Poisons attacked Blackwater with poisonous water and anomalous insects, but the combined power of Civilization Logic, reincarnation, and darkness dissolved its forces.
  • Cold Soul, Supreme God, and Evil Dragon sensed the widespread changes and the approaching Mist, and Evil Dragon suspected that the faction within the Mist planned to devour the worlds.
  • The three immortals agreed to seek a wartime alliance and sent avatars to contact three Wisdom Logic Anomalies and three mythical creatures.
  • Immortal Cold Soul's avatar confronted Myriad Poisons, which demanded to know what he wanted.

Ch. 1456Void Council, Concentrated Fire

Cold Soul, Myriad Poisons, and the other powerful beings agreed to join forces against the darkness spreading across their worlds, beginning with the World of Myriad Poisons. Li Qing detected their attack and prepared to counter it by gathering darkness from other worlds.

  • Cold Soul warned Myriad Poisons that darkness had appeared in more than two-thirds of the hundred worlds and could become catastrophic when the worlds collided.
  • Nine Immortal Realm-level beings and three mythical creatures met, and Cold Soul proposed destroying the darkness together and claiming the merged world.
  • Myriad Poisons and the others agreed to collaborate, and Supreme God offered to direct their combined power with the spell Supreme Unity Reversion.
  • As the alliance began concentrating its attack on the World of Myriad Poisons, Li Qing sensed the change through his Faith Incarnation, the Way of Changes, and the Jade Tablet.
  • Li Qing used the Reincarnation Vortex to draw darkness from other worlds into the World of Myriad Poisons while a multicolored disc gathered the alliance's powers.

Ch. 1457Darkness Converged, Concentrated Fire Failed

The nine powerful beings failed to destroy the darkness in the World of Myriad Poisons, and Myriad Poisons warned that another attack could shatter its world. After learning that the enemy could transfer Dark Ocean between worlds, Divine Tiger proposed coordinating attacks across every affected world.

  • The combined attack pierced the Dark Ocean, but Blackwater surged in from more than sixty worlds and overwhelmed the pillar, which exploded and devastated the World of Myriad Poisons.
  • Myriad Poisons said the attack had multiplied the darkness in its world and warned that another powerful blow could destroy it.
  • Azure Luan revealed that two-thirds of the Dark Ocean in her world had vanished during the attack and then returned, suggesting the enemy could transfer darkness between worlds.
  • Immortal Evil Dragon warned that an invisible death had descended and that the darkness could bring a terrible calamity.
  • Divine Tiger proposed sending avatars to urge every affected world's ruler to attack its Dark Ocean simultaneously and weaken the enemy's influence.

Ch. 1458Preparing to Rise, a Meeting in the Void

Li Qing learned that powerful figures planned to coordinate attacks against the Dark Oceans, so he mobilized his Faith Incarnations and began summoning rulers of nearby worlds to a meeting. As Longevity Dao Lord joined the gathering, Bone Bodhisattva prepared a mass uprising to disrupt an anticipated attack on the Dark Ocean.

  • Powerful figures proposed forming a temporary alliance to attack the Dark Oceans on several fronts, while Li Qing used the Way of Changes and the Jade Tablet's records to track their plans.
  • Li Qing ordered his Faith Incarnations to prepare, and Bone Bodhisattva received instructions to disrupt order and delay an attack on the Dark Ocean.
  • Bone Bodhisattva ordered more than five hundred thousand Dao Soldiers to gather secretly across the world.
  • Immortal Cold Soul invited Longevity Dao Lord to a meeting of powerful figures and gave him a token to enter an illusory spacetime.
  • Longevity Dao Lord joined the meeting, where the gathering grew to sixty-eight figures, including nine immortals and twenty Tribulation Realm cultivators.

Ch. 1459Explaining the Stakes, Forging a United Front

Cold Soul rallied cultivators from more than a hundred worlds to attack the Dark Oceans together in three days, while Li Qing ordered his Faith Incarnations to disrupt their plans. Bone Bodhisattva led a hundred thousand Dao Soldiers in an assault on North Dragon City and faced its Dharma Form guardian.

  • Cold Soul explained that a mysterious force used connected Dark Oceans to control world collisions and called for simultaneous attacks on the Dark Oceans in sixty-eight worlds.
  • Longevity Dao Lord and the other cultivators and mythical beings agreed to the plan, and Cold Soul set the attack for three days later.
  • Longevity Realm and Tribulation Realm powers mobilized Dao Soldiers as Li Qing ordered every Faith Incarnation to begin disrupting their preparations.
  • Bone Bodhisattva gathered a hundred thousand Dao Soldiers in North Dragon City, where followers of the Lord of Civilization had secretly spread among the poor.
  • Bone Bodhisattva joined the battle formation and grew into a hundred-zhang bodhisattva, prompting North Dragon City's Dharma Form guardian to attack him with a dark-gold longsword.

Ch. 1460Dharma Form Retreats, The Whole Nest Comes Out

Bone Bodhisattva and Li Qing’s forces conquered the north, linking its cities through a Civilization Logic network that drew strength from millions of believers. The Longevity Dao Lord gathered a three-hundred-thousand-strong army and marched north, where Bone Bodhisattva’s forces prepared to face him.

  • Bone Bodhisattva held off a Dharma Form cultivator while four hundred thousand ambushing Dao Soldiers seized the weakened city.
  • Bone Bodhisattva drove the Dharma Form cultivator to flee, occupied the city, and sent troops to conquer settlements across the north.
  • Li Qing’s faith incarnation connected northern cities through a Civilization Logic network, drawing on ten million believers.
  • The escaped cultivator told the Longevity Dao Lord that the north had fallen and described the enemy’s powerful military formations.
  • The Longevity Dao Lord assembled more than three hundred thousand Dao Soldiers and led them north to crush the rebellion.
  • Bone Bodhisattva waited in the sky above a northern city as three hundred thousand Dao Soldiers stood guard below.

Ch. 1461Bodhisattva Daojun, Beacon Fires Across the Land

The Bone Bodhisattva fought the Longevity Dao Lord to a standstill as Li Qing maintained a dangerous balance to cultivate tribulation power. In a Buddhist Sect world, Wang Riyue launched a mass uprising across one hundred thousand villages, leaving Donglai Bodhisattva facing a spreading rebellion.

  • The Bone Bodhisattva and the Longevity Dao Lord exchanged mind-targeting powers, then clashed in transformed forms without either gaining the upper hand.
  • Li Qing judged that tribulations needed to remain dangerous and near eruption to yield the greatest benefit, and he maintained strategic balance across the Longevity Realm worlds.
  • Wang Riyue prepared to spread the Lord of Civilization's faith across a Buddhist Sect world where believers were exploited for cultivation materials.
  • Wang Riyue ordered one hundred thousand villages to rebel, using trained believers and Dao Soldier formations to attack nearby towns.
  • Donglai Bodhisattva received news of the widespread uprisings and sensed an immense crisis.

Ch. 1462The Plan Fails, the Void Alliance

As rebellions disrupted the plan to attack the Dark Ocean, the cultivators learned that the Lord of Civilization had prepared for their mobilization and formed an alliance across the void. The alliance agreed to suppress the rebellions and pressure the Dark Ocean while the nine Immortal Realm powerhouses continued their original plan.

  • Donglai Bodhisattva and the other cultivators reported that rebellions and the Dark Ocean's forces had scattered their Dao Soldiers and derailed their attack plans.
  • Cold Soul revealed that the Lord of Civilization had used the Martial Canon to create vast numbers of Dao Soldiers and had prepared for the alliance's moves.
  • Sky Eagle Divine King proposed a Void Alliance to unite the cultivators against the Dark Ocean after the worlds collided.
  • The nine Immortal Realm powerhouses agreed to lead the alliance as chairs, and the other cultivators accepted the council arrangement.
  • Donglai Bodhisattva proposed suppressing rebellions in Tribulation Realm worlds and above before attacking the Dark Ocean, while the nine chairs continued their original plan.

Ch. 1463War at a Stalemate, the Situation in the Spiritual Essence World

As the Hundred Great Worlds reached a stalemate, Li Qing calculated that they would collide in thirty-eight days and turned his attention to ending the war between the Children of Destiny in the Spiritual Essence World. Tan Yuzhu and Huang Tianyu’s armies fought on the Warfire Plains under strategists secretly controlled by Li Qing, while Immortal Realm avatars watched and praised their command of the battle formations.

  • Donglai Bodhisattva proposed sending investigators into the Mist, and the nine councilors and other cultivators approved the motion.
  • Tribulation Realm cultivators deployed their Dao Soldiers to suppress unrest across the worlds, while experts attacked the Dark Oceans and Li Qing judged the conflict to be at a stalemate.
  • Li Qing calculated that the Hundred Great Worlds would collide in thirty-eight days and decided the war between the Children of Destiny, the sacrifice to Heaven, and the Investiture of Gods had to conclude by then.
  • Tan Yuzhu led a million Dao Soldiers against Huang Tianyu’s smaller army on the Warfire Plains, with both forces’ strategists secretly under Li Qing’s control.
  • The armies clashed in tightly controlled battle formations, and Immortal Golden Light and other avatars praised the strategists and said they should receive titles in the Investiture of Gods.

Ch. 1464Battlefield Grinder, Kings' Slaughter

Song Tianda’s million-strong army fought Yu Qiankun’s forces while their champions dueled in the sky, with Li Qing secretly controlling the battle. When Yu Qiankun’s left wing collapsed and his soldiers lost their strength, he abandoned them and launched an all-out attack on Song Tianda.

  • Song Tianda and Yu Qiankun’s armies fought a bloody stalemate on Heavenly Wind Plains as the two leaders prepared to face each other.
  • The Divine Body took control of Song Tianda, who challenged Yu Qiankun to battle; Yu Qiankun accepted and attacked with his spear.
  • Li Qing monitored and manipulated the armies through the Way of Changes, aiming to defeat Yu Qiankun and then turn against Tan Yuzhu.
  • Song Tianda gained the advantage in their duel by striking at flaws in Yu Qiankun’s attacks while his army gradually pressed forward.
  • Yu Qiankun’s left wing collapsed, his army’s formation power faded, and the Dao Soldiers below suddenly lost their strength.
  • Yu Qiankun abandoned his powerless soldiers and gathered all his strength into a final spear strike against Song Tianda.

Ch. 1465North and South United, a Problem Discovered

Song Tianda defeated Yu Qiankun, and the north and south of the Spiritual Essence World united under the Children of Destiny. As the Five Immortals fought to hold the Void Gate and Li Qing’s enemies suspected he would interfere with the Three Realms Investiture of Gods, the chapter left his plan unknown.

  • Song Tianda used Li Qing’s guidance to strike a weakness in Yu Qiankun’s derived logic, killing him and forcing his eight hundred thousand soldiers to surrender.
  • Li Qing ordered Song Tianda to control the north, march south within twenty days, meet Tan Yuzhu for a decisive battle, and finish the fighting within a month.
  • Tan Yuzhu killed Huang Tianyu and seized control of the south, uniting the north and south of the Spiritual Essence World.
  • The Five Immortals and their forces blasted the Dark Ocean beyond the Void Gate, destroying more than ten thousand Dao Soldiers as Purple God and Evil Hook warned that the invaders were pressing harder.
  • The Radiant Emperor and Underworld Devil Lord discussed Li Qing’s possible plans and suspected he might manipulate the Three Realms Investiture of Gods to advance his breakthrough into the Longevity Realm.

Ch. 1466Wrong Direction, Suspicions Everywhere

The Radiant Emperor and Underworld Devil Lord suspected Li Qing was manipulating the Three Realms Investiture of Gods War and using the Dark Ocean to infiltrate the Spiritual Essence World. After reviewing the Battle of Heavenly Fate, they warned Immortal Golden Light that Li Qing had controlled the conflict and concealed his true plans.

  • The Underworld Devil Lord outlined how Li Qing could infiltrate the divine hierarchy and use the Dark Ocean to weaken the Spiritual Essence World over a thousand years.
  • The Radiant Emperor said Li Qing's obvious plan must conceal another purpose, and he asked Immortal Golden Light for details about the Investiture of Gods War.
  • Immortal Golden Light shared everything he knew, allowing the Radiant Emperor and Underworld Devil Lord to analyze the Battle of Heavenly Fate.
  • The Underworld Devil Lord identified four unusually skilled strategists and suspected one of the victorious Children of Destiny had reached an agreement with Li Qing.
  • The Radiant Emperor cited intensifying attacks at the Void Gate, the strategists' improbable talents, and the resistance forces' failure to question disguised cultivators as evidence that Li Qing had controlled the war.

Ch. 1467Five Immortals in Terror, Control from the Shadows

The Radiant Emperor and Underworld Devil Lord warned Golden Light that Li Qing might use the Child of Destiny to establish reincarnation on his own terms, and they devised a plan to secretly control the final investiture. Golden Light planted a rune in Song Tianda, but the Divine Body within him detected it and revealed that Song Tianda was only a shell.

  • The Radiant Emperor warned that Li Qing could use the Child of Destiny and the Nine Provinces’ reincarnation power to build a new cycle, giving him control over half the system.
  • Golden Light proposed abandoning the Investiture of Gods War, but the Underworld Devil Lord argued that Li Qing could secretly recreate his plan if they started over.
  • The Radiant Emperor advised Golden Light to secretly plant control in the Child of Destiny and wait until the final investiture to force his preferred choice.
  • Golden Light’s avatar appeared behind Song Tianda and secretly embedded a rune in his body.
  • The Divine Body inside Song Tianda sensed the rune, reconstructed how it had been planted, and revealed that Song Tianda was only its shell.

Ch. 1468All Is Ready, the Emperor's Aim

Li Qing prepared to exploit the Radiant Emperor and Underworld Devil Lord’s plans while their forces continued attacking the Nine Provinces Four Regions. The Bright Heavenly Emperor traveled there in a Bright Divine Shuttle and secretly approached, recognizing the Radiant Emperor’s assault.

  • Li Qing anticipated that his enemies would walk into his trap and prepared to use the Heart-Destroying Sword, which could kill whoever faced it.
  • Immortal Golden Light revealed that he had placed means of control on both Children of Destiny, and the Radiant Emperor and Underworld Devil Lord planned to delay their final deductions until just before the Investiture of Gods.
  • The Radiant Emperor concluded that Li Qing already knew their plan and told the Underworld Devil Lord to keep their thoughts private while they watched for Li Qing’s response.
  • The Radiant Emperor and Underworld Devil Lord continued attacking the Nine Provinces Four Regions, while Li Qing monitored the realm and the defenders used Heavenly Dao Reincarnation to send Dao Soldiers into the assault.
  • The Bright Heavenly Emperor sent a clone in a Bright Divine Shuttle toward the Nine Provinces Four Regions, recognized the Radiant Emperor’s attack, and secretly drew near.

Ch. 1469Heavenly Emperor's Thoughts, Seeing Li Qing Again

The Bright Heavenly Emperor infiltrated the Nine Provinces Four Regions and discovered that Li Qing was behind its formidable defenses. After meeting Li Qing at the Civilization Academy, he learned why the Radiant Emperor and the Underworld Devil Lord were besieging the world.

  • The Bright Heavenly Emperor noticed the siege by the Radiant Emperor, the Underworld Devil Lord, and five immortals, then cautiously infiltrated the Nine Provinces Four Regions.
  • He traced the Heavenly Dao Reincarnation power to Li Qing and spent days making his way through the Heavenly Realm and into the mortal world.
  • The Bright Heavenly Emperor gathered scattered information about Li Qing and went to the Civilization Academy, where he found Li Qing's projection.
  • Li Qing recognized that the Bright Heavenly Emperor wanted to devour the Radiant Emperor's Conceptual Logic Prototype incarnation, but privately suspected the visitor might be influenced by the three Final Logics.
  • The Bright Heavenly Emperor asked why the attackers were targeting the world, and Li Qing explained that they sought him and two sealed Conceptual Logic existences.
  • The Bright Heavenly Emperor realized that the two existences strengthened the world and that Li Qing's Heavenly Dao Reincarnation Investiture of Gods system made it extraordinarily difficult to breach.

Ch. 1470Heavenly Emperor as the Card, The Final Battle

Li Qing recruited the Bright Heavenly Emperor to help ambush and kill the Radiant Emperor's avatar, then turned his attention to the approaching Battle of Heavenly Fate. In the Spiritual Essence World, Song Tianda and Tan Yuzhu prepared their armies for the final battle as the Divine Body coordinated its plans.

  • Li Qing told the Bright Heavenly Emperor that he could help severely wound the Radiant Emperor's avatar, and the Bright Heavenly Emperor agreed to ambush it using a space-time coordinate.
  • Li Qing gave the Bright Heavenly Emperor a talisman and one month to reach the Spiritual Essence World, while deciding to watch whether he would remain loyal to the Six Great Kingdoms.
  • Li Qing's projection watched a new charge on the western front and awaited the end of the Battle of Heavenly Fate before beginning the investiture of gods.
  • Song Tianda and Tan Yuzhu led armies of two million Dao Soldiers each toward the final battle, with both sides encamped on opposing plains.
  • The Divine Body controlled Song Tianda, issued orders, and arranged the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Myriad Transformations Array against Tan Yuzhu's Reverse Five Elements Extinction Grand Array.

Ch. 1471A Choice for the Hundred Great Worlds, Victory or Defeat in an Instant

The Divine Body controlled Song Tianda as the Spiritual Essence World’s armies clashed with Tan Yuzhu’s forces, while Li Qing watched the Hundred Great Worlds prepare for their inevitable collision. Song Tianda outmaneuvered Tan Yuzhu and stopped his sword just short of killing him.

  • Tan Yuzhu and the Divine Body, controlling Song Tianda, ordered their armies to attack, and the two formations began a brutal battle on the North-South Plains.
  • Song Tianda and Tan Yuzhu merged with their armies’ formation power and fought as towering giants while Li Qing’s Divine Body monitored the wider conflict.
  • Cold Soul told the Cyclic Space assembly that the Hundred Great Worlds’ collision was unavoidable, and the gathered powers agreed to combine their forces against the darkness.
  • Li Qing turned his attention to the Spiritual Essence World, where the armies had suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties and the duel between Song Tianda and Tan Yuzhu neared its end.
  • The Divine Body used the Way of Changes to lure Tan Yuzhu into attacking an opening, then Song Tianda reappeared beside him and stopped a killing sword thrust an inch from his chest.

Ch. 1472Calm Before the Storm

The Divine Body killed Tan Yuzhu through Song Tianda and seized the Spiritual Essence World's destiny, preparing to found an empire as Li Qing's wider war approached. Li Qing and his allies finalized their preparations for the Investiture of Gods, while the collision of the Hundred Great Worlds loomed.

  • The Divine Body used Song Tianda to kill Tan Yuzhu, then claimed the Spiritual Essence World's gathered destiny and its power.
  • Song Tianda's forces surrendered, and officials prepared the founding ceremony in Gods and Devils City for the next day.
  • The Bright Heavenly Emperor arrived in secret at the Spiritual Essence World after agreeing to follow Li Qing's plan.
  • Mist and gravitational forces spread across the Hundred Great Worlds as their immortals, mythical creatures, and Wisdom Logic Anomalies prepared for the impending collision.
  • Li Qing told the assembled Heavenly Emperors and Ghost Emperors that he had won the war for the Child of Destiny and that the Investiture of Gods would happen the next day.
  • The Haoran Sage assured the gathered powers that everything would end tomorrow, while the Sky Ghost anticipated regaining immortal-level strength.

Ch. 1473Each Had Their Own Plans, an Unexpected Turn

As the Investiture of Gods approached, Li Qing and his enemies prepared for a final confrontation, each trying to predict the others’ moves. A sudden arrival of twenty-three Wisdom-type entities of The Indescribable threatened to derail his plans and force the Nine Great Rulers into the conflict.

  • The Radiant Emperor warned the Underworld Devil Lord to seize control of the Child of Destiny ten breaths before the Investiture of Gods and act immediately.
  • The five immortals watched Song Tianda while Longevity waited outside the Nine Provinces Four Regions for a chance to learn more about Li Qing’s plans.
  • Li Qing concluded that his enemies were concealing their real strategy and reviewed his plans and contingencies for the Investiture of Gods.
  • Li Qing learned that Ashes had caused twenty-three Wisdom-type entities of The Indescribable to form and that they were preparing to descend on the Nine Provinces Four Regions to find him.
  • Li Qing sent word of the threat to the Nine Great Rulers and decided the war had begun, hoping they could stop The Indescribable’s attack.

Ch. 1474The Sovereign's Decision, Ashes Reappear

The Nine Great Rulers suppressed twenty-three Wisdom Logic Anomalies, but Ashes used their sacrifice to recreate his mark and send a fragment toward the Nine Provinces Four Regions. Li Qing learned that the fragment sought his true body and the secret treasure he possessed.

  • The Nine Great Rulers agreed to destroy the twenty-three Wisdom Logic Anomalies and search for the mysterious person monitoring the high-dimensional realm.
  • The Rulers’ avatars suppressed the anomalies in a sealed space-time layer, where a logic millstone ground them into ashes.
  • The anomalies’ sacrifice helped Ashes re-condense his mark, but the Nine Great Rulers struck it and nearly destroyed it.
  • A wisp of Ashes’ mark escaped by connecting with remnants of The Indescribable and headed toward the Nine Provinces Four Regions.
  • Li Qing used the Jade Tablet to learn that Ashes intended to locate his true body, uncover his secret treasure, and establish coordinates for The Indescribable’s power.

Ch. 1475Clearing Hidden Dangers, Searching the Network

Li Qing warned the Immortals and Emperors that The Indescribable had planted a path to resurrection in their memories, while Sky Ghost secretly kept his. As the worlds neared a catastrophic collision and the Investiture of Gods, the Nine Great Rulers searched a city in High-Dimensional Spacetime for the first Wisdom-type Indescribable, and Li Qing ordered those under his control to erase their memories.

  • Li Qing told the assembled Emperors and Immortals to erase memories of The Ashes' final words, but Sky Ghost kept them as a possible means of survival.
  • The Heavenly Emperors and Ghost Emperors completed preparations to move their world, while Dao Soldiers fought a desperate battle at the spacetime gate.
  • Li Qing released Calamity Qi into the tribulation engulfing more than a hundred worlds, prompting the Radiant Emperor and Underworld Devil Lord to suspect an unknown danger was approaching.
  • The Radiant Emperor ordered Golden Light to control Song Tianda and begin the Investiture of Gods immediately, and Golden Light made Song Tianda his puppet.
  • The Nine Great Rulers' avatars descended on the city where the first Wisdom-type Indescribable appeared and scanned it through their Logic Networks.
  • Li Qing detected the search and ordered everyone under his control among the common people to erase their memories.
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Arc 59 of 127